Word: peering
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...juveniles, making the practice illegal in 30 states, including the 12 with an outright ban on executions. Second, Kennedy cites scientific literature showing that, like the retarded, adolescents lack mature judgment and a full appreciation of the consequences of their actions. They are also more vulnerable than adults to peer pressure. Third, Kennedy points out that only seven other countries have executed juvenile offenders since 1990, and all seven have repudiated the practice: "The United States now stands alone in a world that has turned its face against the juvenile death penalty...
Bruce Breimer, college counselor at the Collegiate School in New York, said that Yale faced the possibility of falling behind its peer institutions...
...strong faculty and peer support system is a critical component of the undergraduate experience,” Lisanti said. “WISHR wants to ensure that such support is available to undergraduate women in science. Our proposals on research, advising, and teaching are designed to make sure that this is the case...
...policies hinder female students from concentrating in the sciences.” In fact, the purpose was to imagine new policies that might make the science departments more accessible to everyone, with an only occasional focus on women. Ideas suggested, such as holding review sessions before placement examinations, offering peer advising within large introductory science classes, making study abroad more accessible to science concentrators, and providing summer housing for students conducting research, would clearly benefit all students and might serve to retain more women in the sciences...
...sincerely hope that the Class of 2005 is generous in its contributions to the Senior Gift—the College’s future leadership among peer institutions in changing financial aid programs depends on that generosity. Seniors who feel strongly about Harvard’s divestment from PetroChina ought to consider giving back in “honor” of that cause, or in “honor” of the victims of the genocide, rather than not giving back...